at least 26 homes incinerated. and more than 500 homes still in the cross hairs. now to washington. where the president called out the president of russia. about the olympics and gay rights. and a lot more. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl was there. >> reporter: the president talked for the first time about canceling his meeting next month with russian president, vladimir putin, saying that despite the tension, they have a decent personal relationship. >> i know the press likes to focus on body language, and he's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. but the truth is, is that when we're in conversations together, oftentimes, it's very productive. >> reporter: the president said he is offended by russia's new anti-gay law, where foreigners could go to jail, for quote, promoting homosexuality, but when it comes to the upcoming winter olympics in russia -- >> i do no think it's appropriate to boycott the olympics. one of the things i'm really

looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold, the silver, or the bronze. which i think would go a long way in rejecting in the kind of attitudes that we're seeing there. >> reporter: president obama outlined new measures to reform the top secret surveillance programs revealed by fugitive nsa leaker, edward snowden, including putting a new "civil liberties" officer at the nsa and promising to reveal more about the once-secret programs. >> we can and must be more transparent. >> reporter: but not when it comes to drone strikes. in a response to the latest global terror threat, the u.s. has carried out six drone strikes in the last two weeks. in the interest of transparency, can you tell us about these drone strikes that we've seen over the last couple of weeks in yemen? >> i'm not going to discuss specific operations that have taken place. >> so you won't even confirm that we've carried out drone strikes in yemen? >> i will not have a discussion about operational issues.

>> reporter: the spy program reforms announced today would not have happened almost certainly withouthe leaks of edward snowden. that has some people today calling him a hero. the president said he's a lawbreaker, not a patriot. late-breaking news on the terror threat that has resulted in the closing of the embassies and consulates. 18 of the 19 embassies and consulates will we open. the one in yemen will remain closed. >> the embassy in yemen will we main closed. the others will reopen. a sign of some progress. >> reporter: that's exactly right, diane. one more note out of washington today. president obama signed a compromise on student loans. the law lowers interest rates for nearly 11 million students. it saves the average undergrad

$1500 this year alone on interest. the developing story under way tonight. man hunt stretching from canada to mexico now zeroing in on a rugged mountain. the fbi in force. gio benitez has been tracking the race to find a missing girl and the suspect. >> reporter: a desperate search under way in an idaho wilderness area. the u.s. customs service and border protection now joining the fbi. 16-year-old hannah anderson and her alleged kidnapper, james dimaggio were spotted here, known as the river of no return. >> they were spotted twice. they had backpacks on, they spotted a tent, and so they were obviously camping in that area. >> reporter: police say dimaggio, a close family friend of the andersons' is an outdoors

man. four horseback riders who saw anderson and the 40-year-old say they had light camping gear. >> i think we should all be optimistic that she appeared to be in somewhat good health, and was alive on wednesday. >> reporter: the preserve is about 70 miles from boise. nearby, authorities found dimaggio's blue nissan versa covered with brush. he's accused of killing the teenager's mother and possibly her 8-year-old brother and setting his san diego home on fire and abducting anderson. police say he could have been infatuated with the 16-year-old. >> if she's still alye, and apparently two days ago, she was. he may want to protect her. >> reporter: this was the first time if california that an amber alert was sent out to millions of people on cell phones. the teen's father making a plea this week. >> i'm begging you to let my daughter go.

you've taken everything else. >> reporter: agent will be sent into that area tonight. and now, we turn to a baffling and beautiful rescue. raising questions about the power of prayer. people are skouerring some 70 photographs looking for man they swear they saw at the scene of a car accident. he prayed, a life was saved. why did he disappear, even from the photos. david muir with faith and a mystery tonight. >> reporter: tonight, it's being called the missouri miracle. much of it, though, still a mystery. a teenager with a beautiful smile. 19-year-old katie lentd, trapped in her mangled car, hit by a drunk driver. and first responders trying to get her out. sheriff's deputy richard adair won't forget when that fire chief turned to him in despair. >> he was concerned. because he was out of options. the tools weren't working. by that time, it was almost an

hour. he said, i don't know how we're going to get her out. and i said, raymond, i promised her mother and her that we would get her out. >> reporter: while insaid that car, katie had one request, to pray with the rescuers out loud. and then, right there, amidst the rows of corn, at the scene blocked off for nearly a mile, a man appears. >> he was dressed with a black priest's shirt, with a white collar. >> reporter: and the rescuers noticed something else. he was carrying a small bottle. >> he had a small little white container of anointment oil, that's what it appeared to be. >> he asked if he could anoint the girl in the car. and at first, my first thought, that it would send the wrong message to katie. >> reporter: but they aloud him to do it. >> a septs of calmness same over her. everyone more so than what she

had already. and it did us as well. i can't be for certain. how it was said, or who said, or where it came from, but myself an one of the ore firefighters beside me, we very plainly heard that we should remain calm. our tools would now work and we would get her out of that vehicle. >> reporter: moments later, it happened. a neighborering fired arrives with a new set of tools. able to cut through in the frame. they all turned to thank the priest but he was gone. in all of those photos at the scene, no sign of the priest. tonight, family and friends are grateful. >> whether it was a priest serving as an angel, or an actual angel, he was an angel to all those and to katie. >> reporter: the fire department's facebook page filling up fast. do any of the responders know who the priest was? i would love to shake his hand. tonight, from katie's mother, a message, too. very pleased that katikatie's n tragic accident provides proof to all that miracles do happen. in katie's words, pray out loud.

today, we reechbed out to 15 churches within 30 miles of the scene. no one could tell us who the man was. as for katie, 6 1/2 hours of surgery, many broken bones. her mother says her face and that beautiful smile, untouched. everyone at the scene, touched by that stranger. >> and dozens of people saw him and none in if photograph. and now, we have more lucky lottery win nrs this week's $448 million powerball jackpot. a group ticket. they're vehicle maintenance workers in ocean county new jersey. 16 men and women who want to stay anonymous for now. they formed an office pool. their ticket worth $86 million. that's $3.5 million each after taxes. those not this the pool are happy for the good news. >> i have great staff.

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and finally tonight, our "person of the week." a man who changed your life by creating amazon. he made big news this week when he decided to buy "the washington post" newspaper for $250 million. so what is jeff bezos up to this time? he refuses to become a grownup if growing up means losing curiosity and joy. listen, it's a famous sound. hep he gets to learn something new, he laughs. >> that was awesome! >> reporter: it's his sense of wonder that something great is

always over the horizon. >> i'm a big believer. >> reporter: h he created that cart that turned amazon into the world's largest online retailer. a lot of people believed he could never deliver on the promise. >> 1998, amazon.toast. 1999, amazon.bomb. if you want to invent, you want to do any innovation, anything new, you're going to have failures. you need to experiment. >> reporter: he started erks permitting as a 3-year-old child. he dismantled his own crib with a screwdriver. then all the worrying inventions at home. >> i was constantly booby trapping the house. some of them were sounds. some were physical booby traps. i think i occasionally worried

my parents they would open the door and have 30 pounds of nails drop on their head or something. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but it wasn't necessarily the conventional story leading to success. he doesn't know his biological father, who left when he was 1 year old. his teenage mother married an immigrant who adopted the quickie hid. he started amazon by selling books and shipping them out of his garage. today, selling up to 200 items per spekd. one of his warehouses, the size of 28 football fields. >> we love to invent. >> reporter: so everyone is watching this week to see what jeff bezos will do with "the washington post." don't bet against him. after all this is man who invested in a 200-foot clock to be put inside a mountain in texas. it will chime once a century. a kind of hello to the infin it

in future. from a guy who loves the infin it in possibilities right now. >> we love the pioneer. we even like going down alleys that turn out to be blind alleys. every once in awhile, one of those blind alleys opens up into a broad avenue. >> and so we choose the aston h astonishing jeff bezos. we thank you for watching. "20/20" tonight in this week of lotto fever, how to get lucky and stay lucky. and david mere, here this weekend. good night.